Fundraising Managers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,947
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$27,943
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,150
Indiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Indiana — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$112,890
Kept after tax
$84,947
Worth in national money
$92,150
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana sits in the middle of the pack for fundraising managers. The median is $112,890, ranking 27 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Indiana reports, fundraising managers comes in at 27 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $112,890 the take-home is $84,947; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $92,150 would nationally. The average comes to $132,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana occupies the middle band for fundraising managers: a median of $112,890, ranking 27 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Fundraising managers ranks 27 of 493 occupations by median in Indiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for fundraising managers in Indiana, on $112,890, is $84,947 — equivalent to $92,150 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $132,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Fundraising Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $221,880 |
| This salary | $112,890 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Indiana | $84,947 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,248 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,336 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $108,198 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,846 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $112,890 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $73,590 and the ninetieth is $221,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $84,947, from $112,890, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 27 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $92,150 uses one figure for the whole of Indiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 27.
- The Indiana median of $112,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $73,590 to $221,880. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $84,947 from $112,890. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 27 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $92,150, worked from $112,890, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Indiana address, on work sitting at 27 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $132,190, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $73,590 at the bottom tenth to $221,880 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Indiana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $92,150 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Indiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $84,947 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Indiana is $132,190. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($73,590) and the ninetieth ($221,880) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Indiana's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $92,150 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $84,947 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Indiana income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.